(FUN)
Sizzlin'
Summer
COOL OFF WITH JUST OUT’S
SIZZLIN’ SUMMER 2012!
Drink specials! Give-aways! Help a local
LGBTQ charity! One week a month all
summer, join Just Out at Boxxes, Red Cap
Garage or Scandals to celebrate the return
of the sun to Portland.
Just Out is partnering with these bars
along with Absolut, Avion, and Malibu Red
to raise money for Outside In, an organiza-
tion serving local GLBTQ homeless youth.
Join us June 18th -24th! For more infor-
mation, see Page 7.
More Sizzlin' Summer info:
(TRANS ISSUES)
Landmark
Decision
AS A RESULT OF A LAWSUIT FILED BY
THE TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER, THE
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
COMMISSION (EEOC) IN A RECENT LAND-
MARK DECISION RULED THAT TRANS-
GENDER PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED BY A
FEDERAL STATUTE’S (TITLE VII) PROHIBI-
TION AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION IN
THE WORKPLACE. THE EEOC ISSUED A
RULING THAT INTENTIONAL DISCRIMINA-
TION AGAINST A TRANSGENDER INDI-
VIDUAL IS DISCRIMINATION “BASED ON
SEX” AND THUS VIOLATES TITLE VII. PRIOR
TO THIS RULING, THE EEOC GENERALLY
DECLINED TO PURSUE DISCRIMINATION
CLAIMS THAT AROSE FROM TRANS-
GENDER STATUS OR GENDER IDENTITY
ISSUES. WWW.BASICRIGHTS.ORG
June 2012
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